West Ham fan Jonjo Heuerman is asking football fans to put their rivalry aside to help him in his fight to beat bowel cancer.
Gift-filled shoeboxes from across Newham are heading for vulnerable children in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Romania and Ukraine as part of Operation Christmas Child.
Richard House Children’s Hospice has been awarded prestigious national healthcare accreditation for its services.
Football fans showed their generous side when they donated £2,000 in loose change to Beckton’s Richard House children’s hospice during a top-of-the-table home game at West Ham.
Children and families joined a host of celebrities at London’s first children’s hospice at a special exhibition in their honour.